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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1915)
Uttmmm iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiununiiiiiiiinHmimninminiiiiii; ALLIANCE GOING:AFTER 1916 STATE CONVENTION 6m Tho 19It Annual Convention of County Commissioner, Clerks and Treasurers will be held at Columbus, Nebr aska, on Itanomher 14, 15 and 16. The Box Butte County officials will attend and will help boost for Alli&nee for the 1916 con reii lion. Secretary Fisher of the Alliance Commercial Club has been working on the proposition for some time and fmds that many people over the state are favorable to the selection of Alliance for 1916. As an indication of what people over the state think of Alliance as a convention city, the following letters are given: SHERIFF'S OFFICE Dawson County Mr. W. 1). I'whcr, Seo'y, Alliance, Nebraska. Dear Sir: I tan heartily endorse Alliance as a convention city. people and accommodations are of the best. Lexington, Nebr., Nov. 11, 1915. Your facilities are as good as any in the state and your I have attended several conventions over the state and also in Alliance a - 1 1 1 , llt 1 a A 1 ana l can trvimuuy say i enjoyou myseii ana me convention ncia mere Deuer man any one i nave attended any where clue. If there is anything I can do or say to help the cause along, don't fail to let me know. u - - - Yours truly, FRED Q. BENTON, Sheriff. J. 0. McCXUNO Sheriff Pawnee County Pawnee City, Ncbr Nor. 20, 1915. Mr. W. D. Fisher, Alliance, Nebraska. Dear Sir: As I was In your city during the Stockmen's Convention and the Sheriff's convention at the same time I sen say that Alliance is capable of entertaining any convention. I think I never was entertained as loyally as I was in your eikj, something going on all the time, and I never struck a bunch of men like the business men of Alliance, and if 1 can get away to go to tho T. P. A. Convention at Alliance will sure do so. JOHN C. McCLUNG, Sheriff. NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION Office Secretary-Treasurer Ellsworth. Nebr., July 1, 1915. W. D. Fkkcr, Ifrq., Secretary, Alliance Commercial Club, Alliance, Nebraska. Dear Sir. 1 take this occasion to write you and express onr great approval of the accommodations as well as the enter tainment which you were so active in having for us at our lato couvention. I heard it estimated that Alliance had taken oaro of almost twelve thousand visitors during the week. I know of no city in our section of the country ex cepting Alliance that could do this. AsHuring you that the Nebraska Stock Growers appreciate your efforts in our behalf, I remain, Yours truly, CILAS. C. JAMESON, Sec'y-Treas. JOHN A. JONES, Sheriff Nuckolls County Nelson, Nebr., Nov. 15, 1915. To the County Commissioners and Clerks of Nebraska: Gentlemen : I have just learned that the Commercial Club of the city of Alliance is extending to you an invita tion to hold your next annual convention in their city, and because of the splendid treatment accorded to the Nebras-. ka Sheriffs Convention by the Commercial Club and the entire population of Alliance and vicinity last June, I feel it a duty, arid it is certainly a pleasure, to tell you that the city of Alliance has ample facilities to accommodate your convention, and its Commercial Club and people generally have and manifest an extraordinary measure of that gen erous hospitality, public spirit and good fellowship that makes such a convention a success and attendance thereat a pleasure They certainly treated the Nebraska Sheriffs royally, not only making sure that we had the best of accommo dations, but furnishing us with abundance of entertainment and amusements ranging from auto trips to places of in terest, through wild west fete days, street carnivals, polo games and band concerts. Our convention was never more cordially received nor better entertained and taken care of, and I can assure you that Alliance iB a wide awake, up to date town, and a mighty good place for holding your convention. Sincerely yours, JOHN A. JONES, President, ' Nebraska State Sheriffs' Assn. SumU) Closing (Vun to Hj9 Miss Helen Hood, president of Illi nois W. C. T. U.. sent a tnlnmin tn the- Chicago Herald from the national W. C. T. U. convention (In session at 8eattle on Chiraao'a flrat drr Sun. day) asking for the result of Mayor inompsons order. The editor, Mr. Jamea Keeley. recited aa follows: "Only six saloons open in Chicago yesieraay. tds 7,116 others locked and barred, curtains rained, screens removed, interiors la plain view. Twenty thousand saloon employee naa aay with families. Pnrtr-aTAn .arrested for drunkenness Saturday and sixteen Sunday; usual number tor same two days 24 3. No suicides: usual number two to three. Kvery down town 'heatrn nnrknH UnHa theatres filled to eaoaeity. Church attendance considerably Increased. Cafes practically deserted. Reported saioons on outskirts of city did In creasing business. Hotels and clubs not centers of law violation. Hotel owners said exceedingly small num. ber of guests stored liquor in rooms. rnvate lockers In clubs suffered lit- tie invasion. No arrests ordered dur ing the day for keeping open. Vio lators' names taken and evidence se cured to be presented to mayor. Po lice captains all over city reported quietest day in years almost no dis order. Sunday closing looks like big success. Large employers reported ftionoay mat working forces display ed highly increased efficiency as com pared with other Mondays. Chief of Police Healey predicts there will h little or no difficulty in enforcing law ana taai aunaay closing in Chicago nas come to stay." An ad in the Herald Helps. Try One. BEN FRANKLIN "Father of Electricity" On January 17th, 1916, the world will commemorate the 210th anniver sary of the birth of Ben Franklin, the man who originated the theory that lightning and thunder are electrical manifestations. Farthermore he proved it with his kite, key and Leyden jar. We can prove to you that electricity is the only kind of light for Home, Store or Farm Try some of our new Irons, Toasters, Washing Machines, Farm or Ranch Lighting outfits, Vacuum Cleaners, or if you CwantUyour house wired; or wiring repaired, phone 25 and get quick service. ALLIANCE AUTO SUPPLY COMPANY RHEUMATISM ARRESTED Many people suffer the tortures of lame muscles and stiffened joints because of impurities in the blood, and each suc ceeding attack seems more acate tsntil rheumatism has i n vaded the whole system. To arrest rheumatism it is quite aa im portant to improve your general health as to purify your blood, and the cod liver oil in Scott's Emulsion is nature'sgr eat blood maker, while its medicinal nourishment strengthens the organs to erpel the impurities and upbuild your strength. Scott's Emulsion is helping thousands every day who could not find other relief. Bifuae the alcoholic substitutes. Uniform Valuation Secretary Bernecker of the state board of equalization is conducting a campaign for uniformity of voca tions by county assessors. He has compiled a table showing the varla-j tlons In valuing automobiles. live stock, farm lands and other ltema of property In Nebraska. He will at tempt to secure more uniformity In fixing values In 1916. Irritable Children Often Need Klcka- 1 poo Worm Killer There Is a reason for the disagree-1 able and fretful nature of many children. 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It is the moat effective way to break a cold and care grip, as it opens the pores of the akla, relieving congestion. Also loosens the bowels, thus driving a cold from the system. Try it the nxt time you suffer from a culil or the grip. It is inexpensive snd entirely vegetable, therefore safe nd harmless. Cheap and big canBaldnjjPowders do not 3a vo you money. Cslntnet does it's PptqI anJ far superior to sour milk and soda. E AND LUMBAGO TOUT Eub Pain and 8tifihess away with a small bottle of old honest 8t. Jacobs Oil When your bark is sore and lame or lumbago, sciatica or rheumatism haa you stiffened up, don't suffer I Get a 2fi cent bottle of old, honest "St Jacobs Oil" at any drug store, pour a little in your hand and rub it right into the pain or ache, and by the time you count fifty, the soreness and lame ness is gone. Don't stay crippled I This soothing, penetrating oil needs to be nsed only nee. 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